Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d))
provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless,
prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President
publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice
stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the
anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the
enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication stating that the
national emergency and related measures blocking the property of persons
undermining the sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic processes and
institutions and certain other persons are to continue in effect beyond
August 1, 2008.

The actions of certain persons to undermine Lebanon's legitimate
and democratically elected government or democratic institutions, to
contribute to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon,
including through politically motivated violence and intimidation, to
reassert Syrian control or contribute to Syrian interference in Lebanon,
or to infringe upon or undermine Lebanese sovereignty contribute to
political and economic instability in that country and the region and
constitute a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I
have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency
and related measures blocking the property of persons undermining the
sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic processes and institutions and
certain other persons.